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BlackBerry Messenger Hitting Android September 21 Through Google Play

Cue the Ron Paul memes, ’cause it’s happening. BlackBerry announced BBM’s official launch onto Android and iOS for September 21. The app will be available for free through Google Play, allowing users to send secure messages to any of their fellow contacts using BBM.

App features:

BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate conversations with friends on Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. Not only does BBM let you know that your message has been delivered and read, it also shows you that your friend is responding to the message.

More than chat – With BBM you can share files on your phone such as photos and voice notes, all in an instant.

Your unique PIN – Every BBM user has a unique PIN that maintains your privacy, so you don’t have to give out your phone number or email address to a new or casual contact.

While it has taken quite some time to see this come to fruition, we are sort of glad it’s finally coming. Will we use? Probably not, but for anyone that does want it, we will be sure to let you know when it hits the Play store.

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To all the idiots whining all over the the internet using the same cliche “This might have been a nice feature a few years ago”, don’t live in self denial and learn to accept things that are worthwhile. Or atleast try to come up with something new when desperately trying to hate something while lacking any points to defend worthless things.

Don’t understand why is BBM coming out now when no one really has a BB phone. I owned a BB Storm when it first came out and loved it. Till my friend showed me an android phone. I think this app is about 4yrs too late. I’ll give it a try when it comes out but don’t know if it’ll replace my stock messaging app.

chris420o

this^

CHRIS42060

O-M-G this is the moment I have been waiting for! /s

Averix

Care-o-meter registers a 0.

alzeis

This is great, now I can give my customers and any random girls I meet at the bar and they wont be able to call me just text..woohooo

HarvesterX

We’ve been able to do this for a long time. It’s called Google Voice.

Radgatt

At this point, I am just wondering if there will be a Droid-Life show tonight…

yummy

I bet Bob Barker is all over
this

BRNSMRF

BBM will need to have all the features Whatsapp/GroupMe/Hangouts and more

Mike Hilal

It has an FTP, which neither of those have. Otherwise it has all the features of hangouts. Whatsapp/groupme are garbage.

E A butler

WEchat is the best messenger. Superior Chinese technology for the win!!!!

Sean Bello

Pretty sure the main reason they pushed this out now is because they’re trying to sell by November and they’re trying to show value in the company

Does it indicate when you have zero notifications? It might stay at that number.

John Burke

Yes I set it as a “Persistent” Notification so it’s always on my DashClock even when there’s (0). Same why I do with the other Extensions that way I can use the Extension to launch the App straight from DashClock.

And I have a bunch of people I plan to communicate with via BBM.

DJyoSNOW

And vzw is getting the bbZ30!!!!!! (Epic fail)

BTLS

My cat’s breath smells like cat food.

JamesU513

I broke my Wookie

MichaelFranz

dying tickles

BSweetness

This would have been a pretty big deal if had been released two years ago or so. Now there are too many viable cross-platform messaging apps out there (several of which have been in widespread use for quite awhile) for it to really matter all that much.

fartbubbler

just glad to see something that’s not iOS7 related

Robert Willis

What’s BlackBerry? Sounds vaguely familiar.

WAldenIV

My body is ready. My phone will never be.

EricRees

Let me get that for you.

ChrisI

I love that guy.

jak_341

This is one of the best gif pictures to come out in a while.

Ian Smith

Reddit is that way ———>

EricRees

Does that mean 4chan is that way? <—–

Ian Smith

no

EricRees

Oh…

JoshGroff

Imgur is that way. <—

michael arazan

And Tumblr is in your pants

JoshGroff

I thought that was 4chan?

michael arazan

I wonder how much BB is going to Charge for This Gem? I’m guessing $9.99

Pretty sure the main reason they pushed this out now is because they’re trying to sell by November and they’re trying to show value in the company

Larry Bublitz

Teaser after the credits: Apple releases iMessage for Android

Cael

And charges $1.29 for it.

Kanaga Deepan N

for every message sent…???

Apple Inc.

Every letter…

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Rob Delaney

Just in time for me to BBM all my old BBM contacts and tell them BB is dead and will be sold off and chopped into little pieces come mid 2014

WAldenIV

Mid 2014? More like as early as this November.

SpeakWithYouAndMe

Awesome! Finally I can connect with my family and friends from Indonesia (BB largest market)!!

zakry obrien

*crickets*

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